Fund wants to offer £18 tickets for young people
Newsbeat cost of living reporterSpending a weekend seeing your favourite bands is a great way to celebrate end-of-year exams.
That's something a new crowdfunding scheme, which will use the cash to offer a chance at £18 tickets, wants to change - if it can raise the money. They're run by The Association of Independent Festivals - the people offering a limited run of discount tickets to some of its events. He believes older audiences have been able to keep coming thanks to payment plans, which teenagers are less likely to do.Ticket prices have been going up - Glastonbury cost £340 this year, £75 more than when they last went on sale in 2019."They have less money coming in, and they have all the costs of being a young person.
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